The Tree of Knowledge Memorial, Barcaldine, 2009. Featuring the original trunk, poisoned.  Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

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Inside the Tree of Knowledge Memorial, Barcaldine, 2009. Barcaldine – and the labour movement –suffered a symbolic blow in October 2006, with the poisoning death of the heritage-listed Tree of Knowledge. However, a spectacular architect-designed new Tree of Knowledge memorial using the site and the trunk of the original tree was opened in May 2009 by Premier Anna Bligh. It features an 18 metre high cube in which 4000 suspended timbers of varying length form the tree canopy. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

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Australian Workers Heritage Centre, Barcaldine, 1991. Celebration Theatre, Centenary of Australian Labour Movement, Barcaldine. Slide by Barcaldine Council, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

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Tree of Knowledge, Barcaldine, 1991. Slide by Barcaldine Council, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Copyright © Barcaldine Council and Centre for the Government of Queensland, 2010

Shearer’s strike camp at Barcaldine, 1891. Collection of the Australian Workers Heritage Centre

Collection of the Australian Workers Heritage Centre

Peak Downs Homestead, built by George Fairbairn Jnr, restored at Capella’s Pioneer Village. Collection of Liz Huf

Collection of Liz Huf

Cover of The Worker, 7 March 1891. Political cartoon on shearers’ strike.  Collection of Liz Huf

Collection of Liz Huf

The military arrives at Peak Downs, Clermont, 1891. Collection of Liz Huf

Collection of Liz Huf

Sketches of Wolfgang Strike camp, shearers on strike, 1891. Collection of Central Queensland University

Collection of Central Queensland University

George Fairbairn Jnr, outspoken leader of the graziers, 1891. Collection of Central Queensland University

Collection of Central Queensland University

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